Category: Music

I love the fall. We barely get any in So Cal, but even October demonstrates slight changes from the usual 100% sun situation we have. Specifically, the evenings begin to cool down, the leaves start getting crunchy, and the spiders come out. Seriously, we get lots of dang spiders in the trees, but the evenings…

It’s a short one this week. I switched from Spotify over to Apple Music and have been working on syncing my library and uploading the stuff that Apple Music lacks (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke’s Rubicon should never leave my phone) but it’s pretty sweet. Here’s some stuff I’ve stumbled upon this week. Master Boot…

This last weekend was my ten-year anniversary with my wife. We took a weekend off, then came home to a bout of nasty stomach flu that rotated to each member of the family. I’m still recovering. So the picks this week are a combination of two very different themes: disco for our fun weekend escape and…

I haven’t written in a couple of weeks. Life’s been getting in the way, but music that I want to talk about keeps piling up. I need to get some of this out of my system, so here’s a bunch of stuff that’s come across my plate lately: clipping. – Splendor & Misery ​(Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) This is…

Fischerspooner – Odyssey (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) It was hard to avoid Fischerspooner for a period of time in 2001-2002. They were everywhere and it seemed like everyone was talking about them. Their first album went crazy on the backs of licensed tracks (Emerge was in so many movies and TV shows) and with the reputation of their insane live…

Jay-Z & Linkin Park – Collision Course (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) You either have never heard this or you’re laughing about its inclusion here. I definitely was super into this when it came out, mostly because, in a way, it legitimized mashups, which were seriously a thing in 2004. Linkin Park and Jay-Z were both really at the height of their…

This one is less of “here’s new neat stuff” and more of a “here’s what’s been in my ears this week” not that there’s anything wrong with that. MSTRKRFT – Operator (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) Those magnificent bastards. Half of Death From Above 1979 combined with half of a Toronto synthpop duo making punishing, noisy club bangers. It’s pretty brutal…

Well, here we are again. It’s been a weird week. How are you liking this? Anything you’d like to hear? Hit me up on twitter @ryanruppe! Also, please tell your friends about Ryan’s Music Picks, please. Enter your email address powered by TinyLetter Brendon Small’s Galaktikon (Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify) If you really appreciate metal that slams, then you definitely are…

I have an email list now where I send music recommendations. Enter your email address powered by TinyLetter I’ve spent most of this week as a (temporary) single dad of three kids, ranging from 6 months to 8 years. It has not been easy, but I have played a lot of lego and watched a…